As Chief Commercial Officer Sarah is responsible for all commercial, legal and financial matters. Prior to joining Eleventh Hour Films Sarah was Head of Business and Legal Affairs at Gaumont in the UK for 2 years.
Before that she worked at BBC Studios for 18 years across a number of business areas including international channels, with a stint at BBC America, and as Head of BLA for the children’s, drama and comedy genres in Content Partnerships. In that role Sarah led the BLA function and worked on equity investment deals, content investment, co-production financing and distribution. She worked closely with in-house, invested and independent producers on programmes including The Pursuit of Love (Moonage Pictures for BBC / Amazon), Dracula (Hartswood Films for BBC / Netflix), The End of the F*****g World (Clerkenwell for Channel 4 / Netflix), Sherwood (House Productions for BBC), I May Destroy You (Various Artists for BBC and HBO), Les Misérables (Lookout Point for BBC / WGBH), The Outlaws (Big Talk for BBC / Amazon) and Bluey (Ludo Studios for ABC / Disney).